Gulls & Terns in Panama
Our list for Panama has 10 gulls & terns recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Panama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanResidentUncommon32–36 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaResidentRare33–42 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoResidentRare31–35 cmRecorded all year
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorRare43–54 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorRare53–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorRare52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made